Baysan

The village of Al-Fatur was situated on a flat plain that gradually sloped westward and overlooked wide expanses of land to the east, in the Jordan Valley (Ghor al-Urdun). It was flanked by two hills: one to the north, known as Tall Sheikh al-Fatur, which contained a well reinforced with ancient materials, and another to the south, called Tall Sheikh al-Radgha. A dirt road connected the village to the main Baysan–Jericho road, which passed nearby to the west. The villagers re

The village of Farruna stood on level terrain in the Baysan Valley, along the main road connecting Baysan to Jericho. Its name may derive from the Arabic root f-r-n (to bake bread), possibly referencing the area’s hot climate, characteristic of the Jordan Valley. The village homes were constructed from mudbrick, closely packed together and separated by narrow alleys. Surrounding the village were agricultural lands irrigated by local springs. In 1944/1945, a total of 3,847 dun

The village was located on the upper northeastern slope of Wadi Danna, a tributary of Wadi al-Bira. It may have been built on the site of the ancient village of Tana‘am, which dates back to the Roman period. A secondary road connected it to the main Afula-Baysan road. Additionally, the Iraq Petroleum Company’s oil pipeline passed through the village lands on its way to Haifa. In 1996, Danna was a village in the Safa subdistrict (Lajjun District), with a population of 28. The

The village stood on the edge of Tall Shafa, a high hill on the eastern side of a valley that extended in a north–south direction until it joined Wadi al-Birah to the north. Several secondary roads connected it to nearby villages. One of these roads passed near al-Marsas (grid ref. 195218) and led south to a main road that connected to the town of Baysan (Beit She’an). The Iraq Petroleum Company pipeline, which ran to the Haifa refinery, passed just south of the village. It i

The Baysan–Jericho main road passed about 2 kilometers east of the village, and a secondary road connected the village to this highway. During the British Mandate, the village was classified as a farm according to the Government of Palestine Village Statistics (cited in the Palestine Index Gazetteer). The residents of Al-Ashrafiyya were Muslims. Their houses were closely clustered, separated by narrow alleyways. Most of the land was cultivated, thanks to the availability of r

The village of ʿArab al-Safa was located over a wide area to the south of the village of Masil al-Jizl and Wadi al-Shaykh Mahmoud, overlooking a vast expanse to the east of the Jordan River. A secondary road connected the village to the Baysan–Jericho main road, which ran approximately five kilometers to the west, and several dirt paths linked it to nearby villages situated closer to the Jordan River. In the late 19th century, the French traveler Guérin, who passed through ʿA

The village of ʿArab al-Buwayṭī was situated on a hill protruding from the eastern side of a mountain, overlooking wide expanses of land to the east of the Jordan Valley (Ghor al-Urdun). A main road leading to Baysan and Tiberias ran to the west of the village, and a secondary road connected it to neighboring villages. The village was established by a clan from the Bedouin tribe of ʿArab al-Ghazawiyya. The houses, built of mud and reeds, were scattered across the site, along

The village of ʿArab al-ʿArida was located on a broad, flat expanse of land, from which the highlands rising to the east of the Jordan River were visible. A wide wadi (valley) extended from east to west along the village’s northern boundary. The village lay on the eastern side of a main road that led north to Baysan (Beit She'an) and south to Jericho, and was connected to this road by a secondary route.Several springs within and near the village supplied water for domestic us